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Quote by George Eliot
Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. – George Eliot

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When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. – George Eliot

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Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare ones self to do without it. – George Eliot

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A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. – Alexander The Great

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A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in. – Irvin S. Cobb

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